June 2009 Tony & Julian playing a couple of numbers at the Medway Eyes Presents Dylan night athe Barge, Layfield Road, Gillingham.

April 2009 Gig at ' What The Dickinns' is postponed due to Gillingham FC! It's a play-off date & so to be safe, we've moved the date (TBA). Graham's party is still on.

March 2009 Once again, Spitfire 4 playing at ' What The Dickinns'. This is for Graham's (the landord) birthday party on Sunday 10th May 2009. FREE entry. The pub is at 1 Ross Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2DF. Starts 8.00 ish but there's also an acoustic set by Aussie Pat in the afternoon.

January 2009 Spitfire 4 playing at ' What The Dickinns' on Saturday 14th February 2008 - Valentines Day Party! FREE entry. The pub is at 1 Ross Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2DF. Starts 9.00.

November 2008 Due to clashing diaries, Spitfire 4 have had to decline all gigs recently apart from one - and that's a private party! (Happy birthday Nick!!) Hopefully we'll get sorted in 2009.

July 2008 Spitfire 4 return to the Nags Head, High Street, Rochester, Kent ME1 1HS on Friday 18th July 2008 FREE.

May 2008 Spitfire 4 doing their first gig at The Four Lymes, Hawley Road, Hawley (nr Dartford) Kent DA1 1PX on Friday June 6th 2008. FREE.

March 2008 Tony Z is playing at the next Barge tribute night . This one is in honour of the Rolling Stones and is on Saturday 8th March at 8.30pm. It's free but is also an Oxjam event so bring some extra money to stuff into tins and buckets and things. The Barge is at 63 Layfield Road, Gillingham ME7 2QY.

February 2008 Spitfire 4 booked at the Nags Head (High Street, Rochester, Kent) Friday 22nd February 2008. The Bresslaws supporting. FREE!

This was Julian's first official gig as Spitfire 4's new bass player (although he has already filled in for Sean before). Phil Dillon took some nice photos and added them to his Spitfire 4 collection on Flicr.

February 2008 Bass player Sean is taking a break from the band due to personal circumstances - Julian Farrow has stepped in as replacement & is doing fine.

January 2008 Spitfire 4 playing at ' What The Dickinns' on Saturday 26th January 2008 - Australia Day Party. Free entry. The pub is at 1 Ross Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2DF. Starts 8.30. Phil Dillon took some photos - you see Julian guesting on harp in full Oz dress! Jullian Farrow guested on bass as Sean was unable to make the gig.

December 2007 Spitfire 4 are booked to play the Nags Head (High Street, Rochester, Kent) Friday 22nd February 2008. The Bresslaws are supporting. FREE!

December 2007 Tony & Ian both performed at the 'Bowie Night' at the Barge, Gillingham. This was the latest in a string of special themed music events - and what a great night it was! See Phil Dillon's photos. See also Bob Collins YouTube vidoes... enjoy Ian's laughing Gnome!!

October 2007 Some friends of ours are starting a new blues & alternative club in Rochester, Kent called 'The Son House'. (Son House was rediscovered in Rochester- albeit Rochester New York). It's held at the Enigma Bar, High Street Rochester. First night is on Sunday 28th October staring Kris Dollimore, Stuart Turner and The Jooks of Kent.   It's FREE to get in (but a hat will be passed about) and doors open 7.00 pm.

July 2007 The Last Big Smoke Gig (see below) was a hoot! Thanks to the two Julians - one made a sterling effort as a stand-in bass player, the other blew his lungs out on harp. Thanks men!

June 2007 Spitfire 4 finally got around to doing some better recordings. They are still completely live takes (so just like you'd hear us playing a gig) and recorded on a 4-track in one room in one take. Just like rock 'n' roll, garage & blues should be!. Big thanks to our mates Kris Dollimore (recording) & Tim Hollands (venue) for their help! One day we'll get into a studio but in the meantime we've added some of these new recordings onto the LISTEN page.

June 2007 The Last Big Smoke Gig! Spitfire will be playing at ' What The Dickinns' on the last day of smoking in pubs! Saturday 30th June 2007. Free entry. The pub is at 1 Ross Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2DF. Starts 8.30. Sean (bass) cannot be there so Tony & Ian will be doing a guitar & drums 'White Stripes / Black Keys' style

April 2007 Tony & Ian did a White Stripes / Black Keys (guitar & drums) set on St Georges day. You can see some photos by Phill Dillon on his Flickr page.

February 2007 What a great night the London Calling Tribute was! (see below) Phil Dillon took some good pics.

February 2007 Spitfire will be paying at ' What The Dickinns' St Georges Day celebrations - Monday 23rd April 2007. Free entry. The pub is at 1 Ross Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2DF. Starts 8.30.

January 2007 Following the phenomenal success of the 'White Album Night' (see below). Bob Collins has organised a sequel - "London Calling" special performance of the Clash's Album. See who's playing.

It's FREE - Saturday 24th February at the Barge in Layfield Road, Gillingham around 8.30. Spitfire 4's Tony Zemaitis & Sean McDonough are both playing.

November 2006 You can see some photos of various Medway musicians including Spitfire 4's Tony Zemaitis & Sean McDonough performing at the 'White Album Night' (see below). These were taken by Phil Dillon: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepaisleycravat/sets/72157594392914325/

It was an amazing night - totally packed out!

November 2006 Spitfire 4's Tony Zemaitis & Sean McDonough are both playing at the 'White Album Night'. Organised by Bob Collins (ex Dentists), this is a special performance of the Beatles' White Album, to be played in it's entirety, in order, by a series of different people, solo/duo performances rather than full band set-ups. It's on Saturday 25th November at the Barge in Layfield Road, Gillingham.

October 2006 Spitfire 4 will be playing at The Nags Head, Rochester Sat 2nd December with Kris Dollimore supporting!

August 2006 Spitfire 4 will be playing at Medway III - The Medway Festival Fringe (8th Sept - 21st Oct). Spitfire 4's night is on Weds 4th October 8-11 pm at The Command House, Chatham. Entry £3.

Also featuring  Stuart Turner, The Reactor Core is Splendid & an open mike session for musicians, poets & film-makers.

August 2006 Kent Messenger run a nice article on Spitfire 4 - It's Chord Family Pride.

July 2006 Spitfire 4 to play at the Command House, Chatham Kent on Friday 11th August 2006. This is an Urban Fox night & we are playing with the fabulous Kris Dollimore. 8.30 - 12.00 & only £3 entry.

June 2006 Spitfire 4 played at Wye Blues Festival. Shame the event wasn't as well attended as hoped (it was for charity too) but it was a good day.

May 2006 Spitfire 4 supporting the Masonics at The Dirty Water Club (Tufnell Park, London) on Friday 19th May 2005.

May 2006 Spitfire 4 to play at Wye Blues a blues and real ale festival in Wye, Kent 17th June 2006 (all proceeds to charity).

March 2006 Spitfire 4 launch new website. Helping to keep blues, r'n'b and rock live in Medway, Kent and the southeast.

December 2005 Spitfire 4 complete a live recordings CD listen to samples. The idea behind Spitfire 4 was to get playing - so doing a studio demo was a waste of time. But to give people an idea of what Spitfire 4 sound like, we made a bunch of live recordings. The sound quality is rough but it does give you a feel for their style of up-tempo 'Garage Blues'.

November 2005 Tony Zemaitis visits Japan and after having a few drinks gets asked to do an impromptu live session in Tokyo. He said that he couldn't remember all the words and was told "Don't worry, no one will understand you anyway!"

October 2005 Ian Smith does tour of US with Armitage Shanks.

April 2005 After 3 years of talking about it, Spitfire 4 finally get their act together to start playing! Tony Zemaitis and Ian Smith had known each other since school and even played together briefly in a band in the 80s. Like many bands, Ian and Tony came up with the idea of Spitfire 4 after a few beers - and the name was (as you can imagine, also beer-inspired). Tony knew Sean was keen to get playing again and so Spitfire 4 was at last born.